Fast forward to the present, and the political landscape of Purvanchal UP'S region is appearing relatively challenging for the BJP and its allies - the Apna Dal and the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP).
The youth their dreams of government jobs unfulfilled are voicing their frustration.
Meanwhile, certain sections of the Scheduled Castes are viewing the Samajwadi Party (SP)Congress alliance as a temporary refuge from the fading influence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). All this, coupled with the close calls of 2019, is making the rank and file the BJP and its allies a bit nervous.
The National Democratic Alliance's roster of candidates in the vicinity of Varanasi is a formidable one, boasting two Union ministers the BJP's Mahendra Nath Pandey from Chandauli and Apna Dal (Soneylal)'s Anupriya Patel from Mirzapur. There are also a couple of political scions in the mix: the BJP's Neeraj Shekhar is contesting from Ballia, his father and former prime minister late Chandra Shekhar's traditional seat, and Arvind Rajbhar, son of SBSP chief and UP cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, is in the fray at Ghosi.
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